Fence



(No Model.)

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FENCE.

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CHRISTIAN H. VIMAN, OF BLANDVILLE, KENTUCKY.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,026, dated November 26, 1889.

Application filed April 23, 1889. Serial No. 308,253. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN H. WIMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Blandville, in the county of Ballard and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Fence, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in fences.

The object of the present invention is to produce a fence of simple and comparatively inexpensive construction in which the parts will be capable of locking each other securely in place.

The invention consists of the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fence embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail perspective view of a portion of the fence,illustrating the manner of locking the parts together.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A and A designate the upright posts, which are planted in the ground and are arranged parallel with each other, with sufficient intervening space to receive the rails b, which are built up upon one another, and the said posts are securely held together by bands of wire 0 O, which are placed at intervals along the same. The posts A are longer than the others and form with the inclined stakes D, which cross the posts A, near the top of posts A, crotches, which are adapted to receive rider-rails E. The wires 0' are arranged a uniform distance from the ground, and the top rails B are placed upon the bands O, which prevent said rails B sinking, which would prevent the locking of the parts. The inclined stake rests upon the top rail B immediately forward the long upright post A, and a rider-rail E is forced in the crotch between the posts A and the inclined stake D, which securely locks the top rail B and the inclined stake D in position. The rider E is held in the crotch against upward movement by a band 0 which passes around the post A and the inclined stake D, above the rider E, and securely retains the parts intact, thereby making a compact arrangement not liable to become separated.

From the foregoing it will clearly be seen that posts of the fence are arranged in a manner to act upon and hold each other in position, thereby making a solid structure adapted to withstand all the strain incident to fences.

\Vhat I claim is The combination, in a fence, of the parallel upright posts A and A, one extending above the other, the wire bands 0, arranged a uniform distance above the ground, the top rails resting upon said bands, the inclined stakes arranged on one side of the fence and crossing the posts A at the top of the shorter ones A and bearing 011 and holding the top rails down upon said bands, the rider-rails forced in the crotches formed by the posts A and the inclined stakes, and the bands 0 passing around the posts A and the inclined stakes above said rider-rails and holding the latter in said crotches, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTIAN II. WIMAN. Witnesses:

WILLIAMS G. REEVES, J NO. 0. NEVILLE. 

